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In response to the rise in the number of cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) reported in the United States, Mexico and around the world, the Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency in the United States.
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Marcia Adler, coordinator of Student Health Services, shares information about swine flu (H1N1 virus) and the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s policy on class attendance and illness.
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The correct term is swine not “Zwine” in this vidoe is some Flu Percautions And More! Swine influenza (also called swine flu, pigfluenza, hog flu, and pig flu) refers to influenza caused by those strains of influenza virus that usually infect pigs and are called swine influenza virus (SIV).[1] Swine influenza is common in pigs in the midwestern United States (and occasionally in other states), Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe (including the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy), Kenya, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of eastern Asia.[1] Transmission of swine influenza virus from pigs to humans is not common and consumption of pork does not pose a high risk of infection. When transmitted, it does not always cause human influenza and often the only sign of infection is the presence of antibodies which are only detectable by laboratory tests. When transmission results in influenza in a human, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of catching swine flu. However, only about fifty such transmissions have been recorded since the mid-20th Century, when identification of influenza subtypes became possible. Rarely, these strains of swine flu can pass from human to human. In humans, the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort …
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